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1. The Course Organizer Teacher(s): Student: Time: Course Dates: Course Standards: This Course: is an Course Questions: Course Progress Graph ELA B10 Human Concerns Facing Society Term Marks Reading assignments 15% Writing assignments 15% Listening and Speaking assignments 15% Viewing and Representing assignments 15% Language Mechanics 15% Quizzes 5% Exams 10% Homework completion & participation 10% Final Mark Reading assignments 10% Writing assignments 10% Listening and Speaking assignments 10% Viewing and Representing assignments 10% Language Mechanics 10% Quizzes 10% Exams 10% Homework completion & participation 10% Final exam/project 20% issue oriented study focusing on decision making, environment influences, and equality. Various social issues are addressed through the study of classic literature using the essential language skills and strategies of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and representing. 1. How can an author use fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama to provide an understanding of social issues in our society? 2. How can literature increase an individual’s understanding of rights, responsibilities, and freedoms and influence social values and decisions? 3. How do our own values and beliefs as well as the pressures we face influence the decisions that we make? 4. How can our values, beliefs, and actions be effected by the environment in which we live and the technology we use? 5. How do our own values and beliefs as well as our life situation influence our sense of equality? 6. How do the elements of various literary forms; novels, short stories, dramas, and poems work together to enhance the reader’s experience? 7. How is an effective paragraph written? 8. How are several paragraphs used together to expressed ideas in more depth? 9. How are conventions of writing mechanics applied in everyday writing?

2. Course Map This Course: Student: includes Adaptive Dimension Community Principles Learning Rituals Critical Concepts Learned in these Units ELA B10 – Human Concerns Facing Society Be on time. Be prepared. Be attentive. Be responsible. Be brave. Be respectful. • Individual adaptations • - extended work time • - extended test time • - use of technology • presentation method • * individual needs Course Organizer Portfolios Reading Strategies Unit Organizer Dossiers Concept Routines Oral Presentations Assignment Planners Visual Presentations Graphic Organizers Written Reports Group Work Writing Journals Individual Work Writing Strategies Fiction Reading Paragraphs: Non-fiction Writing Narrative Descriptive Poetry Speaking Persuasive Expository Drama Listening Writing Mechanics: Character Analysis Viewing Spelling Punctuation Essay Research Representing Structure Capitalization Mechanic of Writing Research Essay Decisions - Actions or Apathy - Drama (Macbeth) Oral Book Talk Equality - Pain and Pride - Novel (Of Mice and Men) Paragraphs Elements of literature Creative Writing Our Environment - Reality and Responsibility - (Various Short Stories)